Video: Your Vote and Preferences

MANY people seem to be confused as to how preferences work in the New South Wales election and it is little wonder considering it works differently in the federal election and differently from state to state.

See video to explain below…

In the New South Wales state election candidates and parties can not direct preferences, only the individual voters can and voters don’t have to give any preferences.

What that means:

• You DON’T have to number every square – You can simply put 1.
• If you don’t put down a number 2, and the person you voted number 1 for gets knocked out of the race in the count, your vote will be exhausted and go no further.
• If you do put down a number 2, then if the person you voted number 1 for gets knocked out, your vote will then go to the person you have number 2. If you number more boxes your vote will keep moving down in the order you have preferenced them.

Please note: If you are voting below the line for the Upper House you need to number at least 15 boxes for your vote to be valid.